The Growing Caldwell Family

After the SEC Championship and Pop's delicious gumbo, we offered our tree decorating prowess to help them get their house ready for Christmas! After this crew finished, the tree was beautiful and glowing! With three trees decorated this season, we are thinking we could offer a service! Of course, you have to be okay with a tree that has an imperfect style to it.  

I heard about a hands on museum for slime called Sloomoo Institute and Lovie and Pops took Sarah Graves and Livy! Charlie was invited but preferred to stay home practicing ball.  There were rooms with vats of slime to play in! Talk about a sensory experience.  They also had the experience of having slime poured over them! Definitely not an every day experience!   

During the winter we were inspired to go to Mt. Rushmore and see the Black Hills of South Dakota. Initially, we wanted to go for spring break, but determined it would likely be too snowy driving in that area for us. So, we planned it for summer! Aaron and I had fun planning the stops - hotel, restaurants, and sites to see. We had several nights of dueling laptops and tablets at the table as we looked up and compared our options! This was our first vacation that wasn't beach or amusement park focused, so we weren't sure what the kids would think of it. We gave them the generally plan, but didn't share all the details so there would be some mystery.  Since we were spending time in the car each day and stopping somewhere new each night, we put some thought into how to pack the car to make it manageable. Ultimately, we decided on 1 suitcase that had everyone's toiletries, swimsuit, and pajamas. A separate container had all the outfits that we packed like I do when the kids ...